Easy Iced Homerun Cookies

Take us out to the ballgame—especially if you're serving up these fun, baseball cookies made from Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix. You're sure to score a homerun with your favorite baseball fans....MORE+LESS-

Bree Hester

April 18, 2013

Ingredients

Cookies

1

pouch Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix

1/3

cup butter, softened

1

egg

Royal Icing

1

cup water

1/2

cup meringue powder

2

lb (7 to 8 cups) powdered sugar

2

teaspoons light corn syrup

1

teaspoon lemon extract

White food color, if desired

Water

Red gel food color

Steps

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Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, butter and egg until dough forms a ball.

Transfer another portion of icing to bowl; stir in white food color until bright white. Stir in water, a small amount at a time (about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon), until well blended. Continue to stir in water until icing falls back into itself. Spoon thinned icing into decorating bag fitted with small round tip. Fill center of each cookie with icing. Use knife or toothpick to bring icing to edges. Let cookies set 6 hours or overnight.